28 Responses to “Get Started”

Are you currently looking for volunteers for the summer? I am a Management Information Systems major at Northwestern College in Saint Paul MN. I’ve upgraded my own computer (power source, hard drive, graphics card, RAM) and I have experience using terminal in Ubuntu through numerous computer security classes. Might my skill set be valuable to your organization and how should I proceed?

hello. i am interested to learn and to volunteer. i have a lot of learning to do. and i have some computers and printer to donate. i would love to help out in any way i can. i am so excited with all the good work you guys are doing. can i , can i help?

Anybody of any skill level can volunteer, we offer a orientation Saturdays at 2pm, which will get you started and give you a background on US, the Mother Ship, and what you can learn.

Once you have gone through the orientation, you can come in any time we are open and work for whatever duration you have time to help. We always have stuff to do, and even if you are not looking for technical tasks, we have projects from building our new space, to Marketing and promotion, as well as many other areas of the organization.

Hi,
I am currently a software development student and wish to volunteer. I also have experience in building computers. I work all day on the weekends so I am not able to attend orientation. Please advise how I can volunteer.

Given our current hours, that would leave Wednesdays noon to 5pm to stop in and get a personalized tour. Wednesdays are busy, so we may not be able to give a tour right when you get there, so plan a little time to maybe watch what the other volunteers are doing while the staff volunteers can find the 20 to 30 minutes to give a tour. Best to show up later in the afternoon, as we often have a few folks waiting to get to either the thrift store or get started right when we open at noon.

Hello , my name is Vestarslone Vue. My teacher told me about you guys and im really interested on helping you guys. I was wondering if I could come in and volunteer and do what ever you guys what me to , im really good with desktops , I know how to take it apart , software installation. I was thinking if I can come in this friday , on the June 29th 2012. I really hoping that you reply to this comment and let me know if I can come in or not. I would really like to receive a decent computer for surfing the web , light gaming.

Vestarslone,
Thursday and Friday are not volunteer days until we get more help.
I am often by myself Fridays.
I am there to sell computers.
You can come in Friday, though, and if I have no customers, I can show you around.
I might even have you help me get 40+ computers ready to ship to Ghana.
Art

I have done some volunteering at Free Geek earlier in the year and am interested in doing some more. What is this about a new space? Also do you have a phone #? I have a business card with the 2310 Snelling Ave. address and the Sat, Sun, Wed hours at that time. Are they the same? And will I still find you at that address? I was also wondering how much you would charge me for a 30 watt power supply?

Todd,
We are going through lots of changes.
After today we are open every day except Monday and Tuesday from noon til 5.
Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Our website listed on the business card is best for up-to-date info.http://beta.freegeektwincities.org
Our new address is confusing and I recommend finding E 26 St & 26 Av S in MPLS
This photo link should help.http://beta.freegeektwincities.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/free_geek-map.jpg
We cannot afford a phone, yet.
We have 300 watt desktop power supplies for $5.
I am not sure what a 30w would be for but if we find what you need it would also be about $5.
Hope to see you soon.
Art

Does Free Geek TC have a list of needed (or wanted really bad) items for their infrastructure or daily operations? I’ve donated a couple of servers and some cards, but if there are specific needs (hosting, software, business class hardware) I’d be happy to see what I can scrounge up.

If these machines are also going to non-profit organizations, would you be interested in “how to’s” and instructional materials for libre/open source CRM/ERP applications and other open source business software to post on your site?

I’ve done a fair amount of technical documentation and might be able to help with that.
Regards,
Steve Tripp

I need to volunteer for my recycling course at the U of M – Twin cities. With our project, I need volunteer 5-10 hours before the end of November. Do I have to volunteer 24 hours in order to volunteer?

There’s no minimum requirement on how much you can volunteer – we’re happy to have volunteers for as long as they’re able to work with us; the 24-hour requirement is only for those interested in earning a desktop computer.